Mindfulness @ Work A Leading with Emotional Intelligence Conversation with Jon Kabat-Zinn

by Goleman, Daniel; Kabat-Zinn, Jon , Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781427200679
• ISBN10: 142720067X
• Format: CD
• Copyright: 2007-02-06
• Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Summary

The ideas expressed in Emotional Intelligence ten years ago have taken on a life of their own. They spurred a movement, with enthusiastic adherents in the business world, in medicine and healthcare, at home, in the field of education and the world at large. Several million people, including business managers, human resource departments, healthcare workers, teachers, parents and students, have applied the ideas and principles expressed in Emotional Intelligence to their fields with tangible and quantifiable results. Leading with Emotional Intelligence Conversations is an ongoing dialogue series that begins with luminaries in the field of business. In the world of business we have only scratched the surface of how principles of emotional intelligence can increase profitability and efficiency in the workplace.

Jon Kabat-Zinn, is renowned for his work as a scientist, writer, and teacher bringing mindfulness into everyday life.  He has dedicated his career to the fields of mind/body medicine, integrative medicine,  and self-healing. Here, in this groundbreaking audiobook, Jon Kabat-Zinn and Daniel Goleman explore some of the ways in which mindfulness can be applied by a variety of institutions and businesses to make better leaders and improve the quality of the workplace.

Author Biography

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., has been a student and practitioner of meditation and yoga for over three decades. He is the founder and director of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center and an associate professor of medicine. He lives in Worchester, Massachusetts. He is the author of the classic Wherever You Go, There You Are, also available from Audio Renaissance.

Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., covered behavioral and brain sciences for The New York Times for twelve years and is codirector of the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations at Rutgers University. He has taught at Harvard, his alma mater, and addresses groups and businesses around the world. He is also the author of Emotional Intelligence, Working with Emotional Intelligence, and The Meditative Mind, and is co-author of Primal Leadership and Destructive Emotions.

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“Goleman's groundbreaking work on emotional intelligence is the basis for the audio's message: Leaders do best when they stay emotionally connected to the realities of their business and to their team's personal goals and needs.”—AudioFile on Primal Leadership